During the 1980's you could be forgiven for thinking many car manufacturers were turning their products into mere appliances - but if you were to wind the clock back even further (to the 1960's), you would find the Lightburn whitegoods manufacturer turning the appliance into a car! Lightburn industries had, until 1963, manufactured tools, cement mixers, washing machines and fibreglass boats - the latter would be significant in providing the fibreglass body for the Zeta.

And so it was that Harold Lightburn, the companies owner and founder, was convinced that many Australian's would like the convenience of a 2nd car, but found the cost prohibitive. To get things started, he purchased the rights to the British Anzani mini car; and then created a new fibreglass 'Station Sedan' body shell. Lightburn called it a "runabout". It was small, relatively cheap, lightweight and ... made of plastic.

Our thanks to Michael Finnis from the Goolwa Motor Museum for taking the time to chat with us about his Zeta, and other cars in the collection. As my wife said post interview, "you wanted to talk to Michael about the one car in his collection he hates". A remarkable array of classic cars is on display at this wonderful museum and you really should add this to your list of things to do when visiting the Goolwa and Victor Harbor area.

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